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Ogola 292 Report 13private businesses, working in hotels and conservation centres, working for KenGen and KWS amongother small activities, including non-employed.A breakdown on the labour force in the South Lake area based on estimate figures is presented inTable 5. As explained above, the labour force is not indigenous and hence immigrants are of both localand international origin. Hours of labour vary with the type and season of employment, however, inmost cases, employees work in shifts if and when required. According to the estimates, agriculturehas the highest labour force while the rest of the activities is only 18% of the total labour turnover inthe area.KenGen labour composition is both technical and non-technical. This has been categorised into twogroups, management and union. The management is composed of highly technical staff and supportstaff. The company’s Olkaria branch has about 400 employees running the two geothermal powerplants and carrying out geothermal resource assessments. The non-agricultural employment categorybased in the Naivasha urban setup is summarized in Table 6.TABLE 5: Labour estimates inthe South Lake areaActivity Labour forceestimatesFarming 30,000Hotels 1,000KenGen 400Ormat 15KWS 50Livestock production 150Small trade 5,000Fishing (official)* 40Total 36,655TABLE 6: Non-agricultural employmentin Naivasha townOccupation %Professional 2Administrative 3Retail trading 50Service industry 20Manufacturing 10Small business, artisans, construction work 10Transport 5Total 100Source: Naivasha Municipal Council, 20003.8 Public safetyThere is an increase in insecurity with the increase in population. Crimes like car jacking, robberywith violence, burglary, rape and petty theft are on the increase. The nearest police station is Kongonito the southwest and Naivasha town, both of which are on the extreme ends of the location.Complaints about drug and alcohol (illicit brew) use and abuse in the area were also mentioned duringthe field work. This poses a danger to the residents of the area and will increase the juveniledelinquency rate if not abated in good time.The increase in traffic volume, both vehicular and bicycles, have increased the rate of road accidents.The cyclist accidents can be attributed to a lack of well developed and defined cyclist paths. Themajority of the unskilled labour force use bicycles as a cheap mode of transport. Hardly any humanwildlifeinjuries are reported.3.9 Naivasha Municipal CouncilCurrently, the municipality covers an area of 941 km 2 of which 700 km 2 is land and 241 km 2 lake area.This makes it the biggest municipal council in Kenya in terms of land coverage. The town wasfounded as a result of the construction of the Kenya – Uganda railway which reached the area in 1899.It then grew as a white settlement and was made Naivasha district. Some milestones are:
Report 13 293 Ogola• In 1963 Naivasha lost its district status due to federal boundary redefinition;• In 1979 it became an urban council with 6 elected and 2 nominated councillors;• In 1980 the town was made a town council by presidential decree;• In 1982 the town was gazetted and its boundaries extended from 250 km 2 to 941 km 2 ;• In 1993 the town was elevated to a full municipal council status with a Mayor, and thejurisdiction of the council was extended to the neighbouring agricultural land and the Hells GateNational Park.The council has 212 employees with over 90% in low-grade employment. There are four majordepartments, the town clerk, town treasurer, town planning, works and conservancy and socialservices, education and housing departments. Though the council covers an area with great economicoutput, the council has suffered a shortfall in its budget and lacks the capital to improve theinfrastructure in the area. Revenue collection is poor and not well organised. Most of the stakeholdershave met their own infrastructural needs especially along the Moi South Lake road and hence thecouncil may not have a basis for revenue collection. However, the stakeholder should support thecouncil’s projects.4. SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT4.1 OverviewBased on the above socioeconomic conditions without the project, this chapter evaluates the possiblesocioeconomic changes resulting from an appraisal of the Olkaria IV (Domes) geothermal project. Allstakeholders interviewed felt strongly that the power (drilling) project is of national interest and shouldoverride all other concerns. Despite this, the power project should take into consideration the needs ofthe stakeholders. This is not the first project to be implemented by KenGen in the area. The companyhas so far implemented two geothermal projects Olkaria I (45 MW) and Olkaria II (70 MW). Duringthe implementation of these projects, the company met several social responsibilities, e.g.:• Provision of Orpower with an average 150 m 3 water per month for power station use;• Construction and maintenance of Mvuke primary and nursery schools which are open to allstakeholders;• Construction of Moi South Lake road and was recently the biggest contributor towards itsrepair;• Provision of pipe water to the Maasai community at the Kedong and Narasha, including otherad hoc but necessary services like transport and access to Mvuke primary school;• Extensive research on the land resources and characteristics;• Provision of decent housing carefully planned for its employees which has improved the areasgeneral outlook;• Donation of seedlings to the region and the rift valley province.All stakeholders agree that KenGen has immensely contributed towards social responsibility in thearea and has stayed in the lead in this regard.Since the three projects will be on the same geothermal field with a reasonable infrastructure anddevelopment, negative impact will be temporary and may not change the ambiance of the area in viewof other existing development. However, before the evaluation of the impacts, the stakeholders’ needsand fears were assessed and highlighted in Table 7. The socioeconomic assessment has been done inconsideration of these needs and fears. This analysis provided the framework of the stakeholders’expectations of KenGen. The anticipated socioeconomic impacts of Olkaria IV drilling project arediscussed below.
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